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I'll be in Phoenix for vacation and wanted to know what the best card room is and whether there are any soft no-limit games? I play a lot of 1-2 $100 max buy in. Are there any games like this? Other than that what about 3-6, 5-10 limit? What is the rake like?

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Arizona law prohibits any bet larger than $150. Casino Arizona, which is the best cardroom in Metro Phoenix, spreads a few tables of 5-150 with a $350 max buy-in. There are many 3-6,4-8 and 6-12 games and one or two 8-16. Most nights have a 10-20 (that game doesn't have much of a player base) and there are always a few 20-40. 40-80 and 60-120 are also usually going at night.

Up thru 10-20 the rake is $3 house $2 jackpot drop if the pot gets to $30. In the 10-20 the pot has to get to $100. Less than that in the pot it's $2 house $1 jackpot. If there's no flop it's only $1 jackpot. 20-40 and up is $7 per half hour.

While Casino Arizona is the best location to play there is also Fort McDowell to the north and Gila River to the south. If you want only low limit, and they are closer to where you are staying, you can consider them. I think Gila still allows smoking though.